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Staff and Beaver Creek Water Quality Project

Staff and Beaver Creeks: Basic Facts
A pond in the Staff and Beaver Creek watershed before wetland restoration.

Location

  • County: Howard
  • Nearby community: Chester

About the creeks

  • Major tributaries to: Upper Iowa River

About the watershed

  • Watershed size: 41,328 acres
  • Land use:
    • Row crop: 81.7%
    • Forest: 5.1%
    • CRP: 4.6%
    • Non-Crop: 4.1%
    • Grass: 2.3%
    • Hay: 2.3%
    • Prairie: 0.6%
    • Pasture: 0.5%

For More Information
Local:
Neil Shaffer
Staff and Beaver Creek Watershed Project Coordinator
(563) 547-2841
Neil.Shaffer@ia.nacdnet.net
Howard County NRCS Office

Statewide:
Steve Hopkins
DNR Nonpoint Source Program Coordinator
(515) 281-6402
Stephen.Hopkins@dnr.iowa.gov

 

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